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Robert Hutchinson:
[quote name=\'PyramidStephen\' date=\'Dec 1 2003, 08:40 PM\']The problem with a tournament that has no end is just that- impossible to program,especially within a sweeps period.[/quote]
Are we to assume "in the year 2003" is part of that sentiment?

Jay Temple:
[quote name=\'scully24\' date=\'Dec 1 2003, 04:21 PM\'] I wonder if they'll change the format before this season is over?  If they went back to a guaranteed $100,000 winner this season, I'd feel bad for Mary Scott who missed out.

I think the current format was an accommodation for the fact that they only had four winners, and they wanted a three-day tournament with those four.

I think a good idea would be as follows:

Assuming there are four more winners for the end of season tournament, do another three-day tournament with the same rules as this last one.  Then have the winner of that tournament face off against Mary Scott for a guaranteed $100,000 payout--a grand champion for the whole season!  This could be a one-day finale or a multi-day, first-to-the-top-of-the-Pyramid finish.

In this way they would save face by not throwing away the new format entirely, but they would re-instate a guaranteed winner in a dramatic fashion, plus, by bringing back Mary Scott,  it would be fair to the players who participated in the recently concluded, non-guaranteed tournament. [/quote]
 You have a good idea.  Let's build on it.  Assuming there are only four more $25,000 winners between now and May:

Days 1-3 played the same as the February 2003 and November 2003 tournaments.
Day 4 Mary Scott vs. the winner from the February 2003 tournament, who didn't win $100,000 during the tournament, but did reach that figure in total winnings.
Day 5:  The winners of Days 3 and 4 face each other with Day 3 values, and the person who wins more money that day is guaranteed $100,000 for the week.

scully24:
I was under the impression that they only had one more tournament this season--the one to be broadcast during February sweeps--and then it was re-runs until next fall.  Did they have three separate tournaments last season?  I didn't even think of the possibility of a May tournament.

Jay Temple:
If you know when their next tournament is scheduled, you know more than I do.  (That's entirely possible.)  I'm hoping that if they only have four more winners, they'll spread them out this time and have the tournament in May.

In the 2002-03 season, they had tournaments in November and February, and they did not have another $25,000 winner for the rest of the season.

ETA:  The closest I could imagine them coming to what you describe is to have special weeks during May and not have any $25,000 winners between February and August except those who win during the May events.

scully24:
Yeah I may be wrong, but based on last season my impression is that February concludes the original shows for the season.  I'm sure the show would be happy to have more original episodes going into May, but I think that's just a function of how many shows the syndicator orders for the season.  I think with the current number of shows they have ordered, they have just enough to have mostly original shows from September through February (even then with some re-runs mixed in), and then I assume it's all re-runs from February to September.  Maybe they save some un-aired originals to broadcast in the spring, but if they did they would either be shows with no $25,000 winner, or else the $25,000 winner would be one who doesn't appear in the tournament, or else the winner would have their first show airing after the tournament.

Last season I believe they had more $25,000 winners than they had taking part in the tournaments, so they used "best times" as a qualifier.  This season, for some reason there are fewer winners, so it appears that everybody winning $25,000 is making it to a tournament.

The thing I'm curious about is if they have, say, nine $25,000 winners this season.  I assume that they would have a four-person tournament in February and one winner would not qualify based on having the worst time of the remaining five.  If however they had 10 overall winners this season, would they revert to a six-player format in February to include everybody?

So many ramifications...

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